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Few people expected Donald Trump to win the 2016 election. However, he did and now he’s in office. How does his administration work? Michael Wolff provides a behind-the-scenes look at how it works in this article based on his own investigations into the White House.

The book Fire and Fury was a big hit. It created quite a stir because of its revelations about the Trump administration. You’ll find out who Jarvanka is, which activity Trump never engages in, and why he issues so many executive orders.

Big Idea #1: Trump wasn’t at all prepared to win the presidency.

Were you surprised when Donald Trump, a man with no political experience whatsoever, won the US presidential election in 2016? Even though he didn’t expect to win.

Donald Trump told his wife, Melania, that things would go back to normal after the election. However, she resented being in the public eye and having her husband’s history of adultery discussed on national news. Still, everyone on the campaign believed that once they won the election everything would be better.

Everyone was planning for the future and figuring out what they would do next. Trump wanted to tell everyone about how he had been cheated, while also exploring the possibility of starting his own TV channel, which became known as The Trump Network. Conway was eager to start working at a cable news network after her newfound fame from the campaign trail.

Donald Trump and Paul Manafort have real-estate holdings that put them in a financial grey zone. They are under scrutiny because of their business dealings, which makes it clear they were not prepared for the Whitehouse.

Paul Manafort agreed to help manage the campaign because he was assured by Jared Kushner that there was no chance they would win, so there wouldn’t be any investigations. When it turned out Trump won, everyone was in a daze except for Steve Bannon and John McLaughlin who had suspected he’d win. For everyone else, they were ill-prepared for what lay ahead.

Big Idea #2: Those in Trump’s inner circle of advisors were at constant odds with one another.

Being a part of an underdog campaign and working in the White House are two very different things. Jared Kushner learned this quickly, because once he was in the White House, Steve Bannon no longer acted like his buddy.

The Trump campaign was successful because everyone had the same goal. However, once the election was over and it came time to decide policy, there were conflicting agendas among staff members.

Bannon referred to Ivanka and her husband, Jared, as Jarvanka. He also sarcastically called them the geniuses because he believed that they were the ones who ruined Trump’s presidency by making him do things like wage a trade war with China and get involved in foreign conflicts.

Jarvanka wanted to appeal to Trump’s Democratic leanings and strike deals in the Middle East.

Jarvanka, on the other hand, hoped to appeal to Trump’s Democratic leanings and strike bold deals in the Middle East and improve the situation between Israel and Palestine.

The Kushner family is close friends with Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel. Jared and Ivanka are also good friends with Henry Kissinger, a very influential political figure who has had many different roles in his life. They’re connected to various businesspeople in the area as well, though some of them have been investigated for their questionable practices.

Bannon always found it funny when Trump said that Jared would be the next Kissinger. Bannon didn’t think that Jarvanka were right for Trump’s agenda.

Although Bannon and Jarvanka thought they could manage Trump, he was not easy to manage.